Mercury Direct & Pisces New Moon - Feb 28

Pisces, the sometimes weird and deeply feeling sign of dreams and fantasy is brought to our attention for a moment as the Sun and Moon come to their annual conjunction here. Pisces can be hard to figure out, confusing and mysterious even to it's natives. It's changeable and even capricious to delight of the highly mutable and frustrating to everyone else who just wants them to come down to earth and pick up the phone.

It's changeability and slipperiness is highlighted by the stationary direct motion of Mercury and the stationary Retrograde change up with Mars and Saturn. As I have said before the most noticeable moments in a retrograde phase are when they make aspects to your birth chart and when they slow down and stop before moving forwards or reverse. Even more powerful, aggravating or delightful are when the planets make aspect to your birth chart as they stop in the stationary period. This means that they will aspect you for not only a day or so (depending on the planet) but several days or even weeks with the outer planets like Saturn and Neptune.

Having three planets go stationary at the same time is a bit rare and that it occurs at a new moon is a sign of major shifts and changes in our worlds. Luckily for us the New Moon is very nicely angled to Jupiter in Cancer and Pluto in Capricorn. The aspect to Jupiter is a sign of abundance, goodwill, optimism and high spirits although it can also lead to excess and overkill, something to keep in mind as pisces, ruled by Jupiter, can get out of hand and overdo things especially regarding alcohol or relationships with poor boundaries. The aspect to Pluto is a sign of regeneration, evolution and perhaps potentiation for those with Pluto aspecting their natal chart at the moment.

More tricky than these two benevolent aspects is that the New Moon will be very close to Neptune the planet of fog and confusion, considered to be the modern ruler of Pisces by some 'new-age' astrologers. They certainly do share some commonality and both represent fantasy, dreams, visions and spiritual ideals. This is well and good but Neptune and the other outer planets, Uranus & Pluto, are powerful, disruptive and require very special handling and a certain sense of sobriety.

 Considering Jupiter is in a close Trine to the New Moon this will be especially important to consider. Are you dealing with reality? Are you bringing your dreams to earth? Are you letting the important bits slip through your fingers? Keep at attention in this time and make the most of the spiritual themes or feelings of goodwill that may come up.

Mercury going Direct is something that people get excited about but just because it's starting to go direct doesn't mean we are out of the woods yet, especially with this potentially confusing and inspiriting New Moon. Bear in mind that the tricks and reversals and mechanical fuckery of God of thieves and magicians is still in effect and that it doesn't just "switch off" like a lightswitch. These things are like seasons and they come and go on their own time. Give it a new days at least.

 Not only is Mercury going to need a few days before he is up  to speed but Mars and Saturn are going Retrograde as well. my report on Mars retro is here.

Take time to feel things out and listen to intuition. Make sure the call you are hearing isn't that of a siren who lures sailors to their misfortune.  I, myself, will be careful about making any sudden leaps of faith and major moves. Give it time no matter how excited and inspired you may feel about your life, relationships or projects.

How does the New Moon effect me? 

 How does the New Moon effect me? 
Where are things going to be inspiring, dreamy, defying boundary and definition? Where might things be too good to be true? Or truly good? Where are we initiating a new cycle with the compassionate and deeply feeling part of ourselves?  What part of life is going well but perhaps requiring more focus and realistic awareness?
 
Where this New Moon occurs in your chart will reveal what area of life will be effected, changed or challenged. For this you will need to look to your RISING sign.  If you don't know your rising sign you can calculate with the free rising sign calculator at Cafe Astrology. : Rising sign calculator. 

As always, this is an exceedingly brief look at what is going on for each rising sign and does not take into account a variety of factors that signify other evens in your life that can mitigate, exaggerate and modify these themes. (Email me to set up a consultation to get the real inside scoop on the astrological activity in your life at Ian @ pantheonastrology.com)

Pisces : 1st House: Identity, self-assertion, selfishness, personal demands, the Face and outer appearance. 

Aries : 12th House: Hidden issues, self-undoing, secret or private issues, retreat, cooperation, hospitalization, retirement, completing old issues, subconscious drives and issues which harm our conscious will. 

Taurus : 11th House: Groups, friends and Acquaintances, networks, cliques, Hopes, dreams, gains, personal and shared goals.

Gemini : 10th House Career, profession, position in society, public standing, reputation, authority figures, bosses, fathers, awards, responsibilities, desire for achievement.

Cancer : 9th House: Travel, education, philosophy, teachers, foreigners, legal issues, courthouses, broadcasting and publishing. 

 

Leo :  8th House: intimacy, sexuality, psychological and occult matters, shared resources, inheritance, credit, loans, personal power of regeneration. 

Virgo : 7th House: marriage, partnership, close friends, rivals, open enemies and all important one-on-one interactions.

Libra :  6th House: health & illness of physical body, work, service, routines, habits, co-workers, hired workers and staff.

Scorpio :  5th House: Love affairs, dating, games, fun, play fullness, entertainment and entertaining, performance arts, creativity, pregnancy and children.   

Sagittarius : 4th House : Home & family, houses, real  estate, rentals, renovations and relocating,  roommates and all who live in the home.

 

Capricorn : 3rd house: The Mind, writing and communications, siblings and neighbors, errands and movement within your local area, plans, media.

Aquarius: 2nd House: Self worth, money, wealth and finances, personal assets and values.